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CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE CELL
ENZYMES POSSESSING CONSCIOUSNESS,

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL

When a protein needs to be synthesized in the cell, an enzyme
called RNA polymerase goes to the cell's information bank, locates
the information in the DNA relevant to the protein, then makes a
copy of it for itself. But information about the protein is sometimes
found dispersed throughout different regions of the DNA. Because
RNA polymerase makes a copy of the entire DNA—from where the
information begins to where it ends—it inevitably ends up copying
regions that are of no use. The presence of irrelevant information
would then result in a useless protein being synthesized. At this
stage, enzymes called spliceosomes come to the rescue and, with
great precision locate and remove the irrelevant information out of
hundreds of thousands of bits of data, and finally join the leftover
chains together.
Molecules, made up of only a few atoms, display great conscious-
ness in this process of RNAsplicing. They virtually work like editors,
determining and fixing faults and mistakes in the chain. These atoms
"know" the protein that RNA polymerase is trying to make, can dis-
tinguish between vital and useless information needed to make it,
and can bring about the production of the particular protein at hand
out of hundreds of thousands of other bits of information—all with-
out any mistakes. Moreover, they know immediately when they are
needed and immediately travel to the relevant area to begin duty.
All that's been explained here is only one small process out of mil-
lions that take place within a cell. It is definitely impossible for atoms
to possess the consciousness, knowledge, insights, skill and coopera-
tion that such processes require.
But evolutionists' claims—that nature's most perfect systems
came about as a result of coincidence—defy all rational logic and sci-
entific understanding. Evolutionists, believing in the unbelievable,

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